10:05 AM EST - Barrick Gold Corporation : reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.06 billion, or $3.06 per share, as a result of a large writedown on its copper business. Fourth-quarter earnings, excluding the writedown and other one-time items, were $1.11 a share, surpassing the $1.05 average Bloomberg consensus estimate. Revenue rose 11% to $4.19 billion. Barrick Gold Corporation
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